News Release

2018-03-05

HELENA, MT - The lead law enforcement officers in 41 states have issued subpoenas to determine whether nine companies purposely misled doctors and patients about the efficacy and addictive power of opioids. The National Institute on Money in State Politics looked at those nine companies' overall campaign contributions between 2010 and 2017 and learned that a paltry $68K went to attorney general races -- of $7.8 million contributed to other elected officials' campaigns. Read the wider analysis in the Institute's Money Tale blog, Attorneys General Received Little From Opioid Interests Under Investigation.